1891 in Sweden

Events from the year 1891 in Sweden

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Oscar II
 * Prime Minister – Gustaf Åkerhielm, Erik Gustaf Boström.

Events

 * 15 February – Allmänna Idrottsklubben (AIK) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
 * 12 March – Djurgårdens IF (DIF) (Swedish Sports Club) is founded.
 * 10 July – Erik Gustaf Boström becomes Prime Minister
 * Göteborgs högskola established
 * AIK Bandy
 * Djurgårdens IF Bandy
 * Skansen
 * Swedish Saw Mill Industry Workers Union
 * Under röd flagg
 * Ursholmen

Births

 * 23 May – Pär Lagerkvist, writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1974)
 * 1 July – Sten Selander, botanist and fiction writer (died 1957).
 * 2 July – Karin Kock-Lindberg, politician (died 1976)
 * 3 September – Curt Hartzell, gymnast (died 1975).
 * 13 October – Helge Bäckander, gymnast (died 1958).
 * 28 November – Gustaf Dyrssen, military officer (died 1981).

Deaths

 * 11 January Carl Johan Thyselius politician (born 1811)
 * 6 September – Elise Arnberg, miniaturist and photographer (born 1826)